20/20

I’ve had bad eye sight for as long as I can remember. And when I say bad, I mean bad. 20/200 is considered legally blind. My vision was in the 20/1000 range. What scared me was that it seemed to be continually declining. Every time I had an eye appointment my doctor would tell me that my eye sight will start leveling out soon and not to worry. They’ve been telling me that since I was 15. At age 12, my contact prescription was -5.0. At 15 it was -7.0. Each time I went it was a few degrees worse. My last eye appointment was three years ago. (I made my one year supply of contacts last three years. What can I say… I’m cheap.) My prescription at that appointment was -8.5. My vision was actually worse than what the boat on the right portrays. I wouldn’t have been able to tell you that there were clouds in the sky. In fact, I probably couldn’t have told you there was a boat there.

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I always thought it was a pipe dream, but after I had Ezra I decided that I was going to go for it. I was going to get Lasik (Intralase actually). I checked out doctors, gathered information, and even weaned Ezra early (you have to stop nursing 4 months before the procedure). I was ready, but I was scared. So I put it off. Brad finally made me call three weeks ago. As it turns out, the doctor I selected only performs surgery about 4 times a year and the next procedure was hardly more than a week away. EEK! I went in for my consultation and though I was one of the worst they’ve ever seen, they still felt I was a candidate. It turns out my prescription had become worse (surprise, surprise) and was now -10.25. You know how eye charts have the big E? Well, my doctor had big rotating letters on the screen and asked me to tell him what I saw. I couldn’t tell that there were any letters on the screen. He got a kick out of that.

Now here it is three weeks later. I’m healing beautifully and I’m done wearing those awful eye shields (you feel like your peeling your skin off each morning when you remove the tape) so no more raccoon eyes or sticky goop stuck to my face. And guess what. I’m 20/20. The doctor thinks I may even get to 20/15 by the end of the month. Wow. I can hardly believe it.

Take a look, it’s in a book!

 

I love to read. It’s my favorite pass time. If I’m not careful I can easily waste the entire day engrossed in a good book. I prefer to read rather than watch tv or go to a movie. While I do have to limit myself so that I don’t neglect my responsibilities as a wife and mother (and business owner), I think there are worse things I could do to waste time. I seem to have passed my love of books on to my little boy. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t look over to find him sitting quietly “reading” one of his books. He has his own shelf full of books in the living room and he’ll go over several times a day to take one down and look through it before putting it back. He even has his favorites: Happy Snappy, Grumpy Frumpy – A Silly Monster Opposites Book and this one he’s reading in the above pictures Blue Hat, Green Hat (I love Sandra Boynton’s children’s books). He will even laugh to himself when he gets to the funny pictures where the turkey wears the item incorrectly. I’m sure it’s only because he remembers it from when we read the book to him, but it’s still cute.

My Little Valentine

Here is some fun footage from Valentine’s Day. Hope everyone had a good one!

I must add that we don’t normally purchase chocolate in heart shaped boxes to celebrate the holiday. Brad feels it’s a tad cliche. However, they were on a great clearance and we found ourselves in need of a chocolate fix. So there you go. Brad enjoyed some chocolate caramels while I savored some Dove Dark. Yum. 

 

DIY Lip Gloss… Sorta

Brad always accuses me of getting the motivation to do the most random things at the oddest times. What can I say? He’s right. (As I’m typing this, he’s looking over my shoulder and saying: “Well, at least you can admit it.”) It will be almost midnight and I’ll decide to start organizing the pantry or paint Kenzie’s nails or re-caulk the shower. Today’s random activity was downsizing my lip gloss collection. I decided to combine several of my almost-gone-but-not-quite lip stuff into one container. I’ve never done this before, so I didn’t know what I was doing. I just melted everything together and poured it into a Burt’s Bees container. I think it turned out okay, but I would have liked the color to be a touch lighter though.